Flora londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs of London : with their places of growth, and times of flowering, their several names according to Linnaeus and other authors, with a particular description of each plant in Latin and English : to which are added, their several uses in medicine, agriculture, rural oeconomy and other arts

by: Curtis, William, 1746-1799; White, Benjamin, active 1785-1798; Kilburn, William, 1745-1818; Sansom, Francis, active 1784-1799; Sowerby, James, 1757-1822; Edwards, Sydenham, 1768-1819; Darton, William, 1755-1819

Publication date: 1777

Topics: Botany, Botanical illustration, Herbals

Publisher: London : Printed for and sold by the author, no. 51 Gracechurch-Street, and B. White, bookseller, in Fleet-Street

Collection: getty; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Getty Research Institute

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: English; Latin

Volume: 2-fasc05

Gift of Tania Norris

Vol. 2 has imprint: London : Printed for and sold by the author, no. 3 St. George's Crescent, Black-Friars-Road, 1778

Originally issued in 72 numbers, forming 6 fascicles to be bound in two vols. Vol. 1 (fasc. 1-3) contains the title page for vol. 1, two lists of subscribers, a preface, a dedication to John Stuart, Earl of Bute, descriptions of plants starting with "Veronica agrestis", indexes to each fasc. and general indexes to fasc. 1-3; vol. 2 (fasc. 4-6) contains the title page for vol. 2, a dedication to John Coakly Lettsom, descriptions of plants starting with "Hippuria vulgaris", indexes to each fasc. and general indexes to fasc. 4-6

Engraved title vignettes

Includes 432 engraved plates, three on double plates, with unpaginated text. The plates are numbered three different ways: 1. arranged according to the Linnaean system; 2. arranged alphabetically by Latin names; 3. arranged alphabetically by English names

The plates are engraved by William Kilburn, Francis Sansom, James Sowerby, Sydenham Edwards, William Darton

Binding: 6 pts. in the original paper boards; all pages uncut; each vol. varies slightly in size

Hunt botanical cat

Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration (2. Aufl.)